Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law new legislation aimed at limiting children’s exposure to drag events or other sexual performances on public property or businesses across the state.
Senate Bill 12 (pdf) restricts certain “sexually oriented performances” from taking place on public property, on the premises of a commercial enterprise, or in the presence of individuals under the age of 18.
Under the bill, a “sexually oriented performance” is defined as a visual performance in which the entertainer is nude, is a male performer exhibiting as a female, or a female performer exhibiting as a male and is wearing clothing, makeup, or other similar physical markers and who sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs before an audience and “appeals to the prurient interest in sex.”…